Rankings · Place

Lowest population by state

Population.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Census ACS 1-yr 2024 (auto-updated)

  1. 1Wyoming587,618
  2. 2Vermont648,493
  3. 3District of Columbia702,250
  4. 4Alaska740,133
  5. 5North Dakota796,568
  6. 6South Dakota924,669
  7. 7Delaware1,051,917
  8. 8Rhode Island1,112,308
  9. 9Montana1,137,233
  10. 10Maine1,405,012
  11. 11New Hampshire1,409,032
  12. 12Hawaii1,446,146
  13. 13West Virginia1,769,979
  14. 14Idaho2,001,619
  15. 15Nebraska2,005,466
  16. 16New Mexico2,130,256
  17. 17Mississippi2,943,045
  18. 18Kansas2,970,606
  19. 19Arkansas3,088,354
  20. 20Iowa3,241,488
  21. 21Nevada3,267,467
  22. 22Utah3,503,613
  23. 23Connecticut3,675,069
  24. 24Oklahoma4,095,393
  25. 25Oregon4,272,371
  26. 26Kentucky4,588,372
  27. 27Louisiana4,597,740
  28. 28Alabama5,157,699
  29. 29South Carolina5,478,831
  30. 30Minnesota5,793,151
  31. 31Colorado5,957,494
  32. 32Wisconsin5,960,975
  33. 33Missouri6,245,466
  34. 34Maryland6,263,220
  35. 35Indiana6,924,275
  36. 36Massachusetts7,136,171
  37. 37Tennessee7,227,750
  38. 38Arizona7,582,384
  39. 39Washington7,958,180
  40. 40Virginia8,811,195
  41. 41New Jersey9,500,851
  42. 42Michigan10,140,459
  43. 43North Carolina11,046,024
  44. 44Georgia11,180,878
  45. 45Ohio11,883,304
  46. 46Illinois12,710,158
  47. 47Pennsylvania13,078,751
  48. 48New York19,867,248
  49. 49Florida23,372,215
  50. 50Texas31,290,831
  51. 51California39,431,263
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built